Best Lip Balms with SPF
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Best Lip Balms with SPF
EWG's sunscreen guide can help you find lip balms that give broad-spectrum sun protection with the fewest ingredients that raise concerns when they're swallowed — facts you won't find on the label.
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Most lip cancers develop on the bottom lip, where sun exposure is highest. People who cover their lips more than once a day (with lip balm or even colored lipstick) may cut their lip cancer risk in half, according to research funded by the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute (Pogoda and Preston-Martin 1996).
But don't expect lip balm labels to be much help in your search for the right product. FDA says the tubes are too small for standard sunscreen drug facts and sun warnings to fit. Lip balm manufacturers secured a labeling exemption in FDA's 2007 draft sunscreen standards. We'll be missing important warnings: EWG's analysis of 190 lip balms with SPF show that 25% provide low protection from the sun's damaging UVA rays.
